Bugs arrive at Hargreaves Mall

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

It wasn’t quite the set of the computer-animated American film, A Bug’s Life, but the children enjoyed it.

A number of larger-than-life sized bugs trundled around Hargreaves Mall on Saturday, followed closely by a swarm of excitable youngsters.

Bugs at Hargreaves Mall

Large-scale bug puppets, including a mantis, wasp, and honeybees, were part of a Melbourne-museum ran Bug Lab roadshow, which aimed to promote the Bug Lab exhibition in Melbourne, running from June 23 –October 15.

More info: museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/bug-lab/

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BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

BUZZ OFF: A number of large-scale bugs were present at Hargreaves Mall on Saturday. Picture: DARREN HOWE.